Gas-retort-feeding machine.



C. .EITLEI GAS RE-'PQIRS` PEEP/Hm KSEIKE.- APPLICATION PILBD SEPT. 1a, 19,04.

903,184. Patented 'Noi 10, 1908... i

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEicE.

CHRISTIAN E'ITLE, or STUTTGART, GERMANY.

oAs-u'roa'r-EEEDING momma.

' No. 9os,is4. speemction or Lettini Patent. rstenteaupv. 1o, ieee.l

` Apjmcmon una 'september is, i904. 'sei-iai No. 224,240.

To all .wwm 'it may concern.: V Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of4 the device Beit known that I, Ci'rnis'i'iAN El' E, a as shown in Fig. l, the feeding-chute being subject of the German Emperor, residlg at showny in full lines raised into the'positi'onl Stuttgart, Germany, have invented a certain shown iii dotted lines in Fig. l to permit of 60' 6 new and useful Gas-Retort-Feeding Mashifting the device to anot er position. chine, of which the followingis a. specifivFig. 4 is a rear view ofthe feed-hopper etc.

cation. in vertical section on 'the 'line z-zo Fig. 2

This invention relates-to an improved gas and Fig. 5 is an en d View of the feed-chute,

retort feeding machine of the type in which 'taken in cross section. y 65 x0 the feeding o the -retorts is eilected by means The centrifugal wings, of which there may of a centrifu al drum, the material being be two, ,three or any suitable number are supplied to t e drum by -inclined passages provided at their rear side with segmental or channels'conneeted to both sides of theA 'side Walls c, c, which during their rotation drum as described in my application, Serial 'partly cover the feed o enin of the lateral 70 No. 177 ,860, filed 4October 21, 1903, Patent channels or passages liga sli es, so as to pre- No. 7 93,77 3, of July 4, 1905.' vent the-'feeding of -tlie material; the quan'i ".lien in charging retorts coal is used contity of the material fed depending upon the sisting of pieces of different size and ofcoal size of these lateral Walls or artitions. screenings, the speed oftra'vel of the mate- ,The bottom a of-the disc arge channel, 75 rial in the passages and also the speed at the front part d of which' may be swun which itientcrs into the retorts, depends of around an upwards on a hinge, is shaped course upon the sizes and differs in accord 'i like e Slide and is provided with a wedre ance therewith so that the charging process Shaped piece b. The Side walls f f of t e is not unif0rm- Owing t0 the feedin 0f the discharge channel are also extended up to 80 coal 'toI the centrifugal wings Vat botlli sides the mouth of the retort.'

of the d'rum, the pieces'of'coal show a tend- The manner of operating the device is as ency to accumulate in the center of the refollows: The bottom slide a is pushed fortort over its entire length, so that thc cross wai-d into the head of the retort, after the sectonlis largest in the middle. This acdischarge channel d has been swung around 85 36 cu'xnulatioii is a serious disadvantage, as in the direction of the retort, so that the botowing to same the heating surface of the retom surface of the head of the retort is covtort ia not snicient-ly utilized and part of ered; then the centrifugal wings are rotatedI the gasification is only effected by radiation and the coal is admitted to the wings from I from the walls not incontact with Ithe ma.- both sides through theV inclined channels h h 90 terial. Moreover owiner to the condensed and from the measurinv vessel .i by with'- i moisture in the retort-heads, dustV will acdrawing a slide k, the coiil being then thrown cumulate and combine with the water, tar, by the wings across the slide into the retort. etc. collected there and thus in a short time By means of the wedge-shaped piece b the interfere with the free supply of coal and stream of material is divided, so that it is" 95 4o interfere with the chargin operation. deflected from the center line and is thrown i Furthermore it has not been ound advanto both sides whereby the coal is caused ,to

tageous completely to close the retort. during become deposited -in a trough like manner the charging process by means of the ejecton both sides, so as to have the coal cover ing4 nozzle and .covering plate connected alarger heatino' surface, as illustrated in 10G-"1 thereto, inasmuch as the formation of gas cross section in ig. 5. 'The space between during the charging is sudden and excessive, the discharge channel and the head of the so that the gas cannot be carried off through retort is thus closed on three sides, so t Y E. l the pipes. These drawbacks are overcome the gases and the flames can only escape- V j,

bymy improved apparatus hereinafter dean upward direction without causing' 105 scribed and illustrated in the annexed drawinconvenience or. danger to the opera c ing, forming apart of the specification, and crew. After the feedin has been finish"- in which the bottom slide is with rawn and the dis- Figiire 1 is a view of such device applied .charge hopper d is swung upwardsae-shovmf t to a retort taken in central vertical longituin dotted mes in Fig. l and also in Eig; 4. 110 dinal section. Fig.'2 Iis a top view thereof In this position the ower art of th e ottakenin section onthe line 1f-y of Fig. l. -toin slide a will deect and nik the air curretorbnioutb, a, movable bottom piece for 20 rent caused by the movement of the wings Snell '1f ,f- !-e.l'1ufe el, lne exil', end and Ineens Seof the centrifual apparatus so to prei vent the sume rom entering the retort, so as to avoid the cooling of the liot retorls, :ne well as losses of ges and explosion.

The apparatus is arranged like :L crane or derrick upon :i truck or small eer rmwalile vin front of the furnaces and so n to be ver tieelly displaeeeble in accordance with Une position 0r' the retorts. This :1,1 ungemein. is clearly shown in Fig. 1 and so well. known in mechanies,` that no further fle seri tion is deemed necessary.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l, In a machine for feeding ges retorts, e, centrifugal feeding device, e feed-chute, means for forming a tight joint between the walls of the exit of the feed-chute and the cured Lo .mieli limiten; pierre adapted to insure :L uniform (lietrjbuhm'i niffthe coal in the retor,

ln u. n'meliine 'for feeding gue-reunie, f1. een'l/riugnl leeiiliiig deviee, n, Kleed-elude, lateral walls. :uflnpted to forni :i tight joint; be\veeu ilse wells of the exil, of the feed (fl-mt., unil 'like whirl', n'i-:mlu u, movable botiioln n l: r muli e l eliuze nt. theexil, end :unil :i wevlfwivslmped piece eeeulerl lo Suid bottom peee. l

In witl'iees wherenl l. lia-ve lleremuo set. my bend in presene; of LW@ Witneseee.

Cl lill ST1-A. E L'TL'E.

WM. HAHN 

